crime

Example Sentences

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If Stokes and Atkinson were merely in the wrong place at the wrong time, it will be up to the ECB to decide how big a crime that is.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“Our platform includes safeguards like audit trails to help ensure accountability at every step. Every day, Flock supports communities across the country in addressing crime and locating missing people.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

When it’s a TV personality, it’s a crime scene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Defendants who commit a capital crime in one county may stand very different chances of getting a death sentence than someone who did the same thing in another county in the same state.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

But his luck ran out, and when he was caught a final time, Vidocq offered the police a deal: Release him, and he’d quit crime and go to work for them.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day